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United States Patent | 6,217,232 |
Duesman ,   et al. | April 17, 2001 |
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for mounting an opto-electronic device on a substrate and aligning it with an optic fiber. The opto-electronic device is mounted on the substrate and aligned with the optic fiber by using a plurality of complementary features formed on the substrate and the opto-electronic device. An additional feature is formed on the substrate for holding the optic fiber in a predetermined alignment relative to the substrate. The complementary features are sized and configured to engage each other to provide a bonding surface for joining the opto-electronic device to the substrate. In addition, the features are arranged to provide an aligning function so that the opto-electronic device can only have one orientation when mounted on the substrate, and that orientation is selected to align the output of the opto-electronic device with the optic fiber.
Inventors: | Duesman; Kevin (Boise, ID); Farnworth; Warren M. (Nampa, ID) |
Assignee: | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) |
Appl. No.: | 046546 |
Filed: | March 24, 1998 |
Current U.S. Class: | 385/88; 385/14; 385/49 |
Intern'l Class: | G02B 006/36 |
Field of Search: | 385/49,88,89,14 29/846,847,850,852,853 |
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